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Dr. Igor Stenzel

Partner
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Dr. Igor Stenzel

Partner
Rechtsanwalt

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Lennéstraße 7
10785 Berlin
Germany
Languages German, English, Polish

Igor Stenzel advises strategic as well as financial investors on M&A transactions (buy-side and sell-side) and is frequently working for Polish clients who invest in Germany. With a wealth of experience gained from advising on often cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, he is a trusted partner for Polish investors when setting up German companies, investing in Germany and establishing joint ventures in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. His practice also includes restructurings, insolvency-related transactions and providing ongoing advice on limited liability company law. Furthermore, Igor works with start-ups as well as shareholders and investors on venture capital transactions, such as rounds of financing and exits.

He joined CMS in 2011 and has been practising as a lawyer since 2007. From 2003 to 2007, Igor worked as a research assistant for a German Parliament member in Berlin and for a European Parliament member in Berlin, Brussels and Strasbourg. He is co-head of the excellence cluster Private Equity of CMS Germany and co-head of the CMS CEE German Desk.

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Relevant experience

  • Advising Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Triathlon Holding group and in A. Müller Industriebatterien-Stromversorgungssysteme
  • Advising home24 on the acquisition of BUTLERS
  • Advising Medicover on the acquisition of MeinDentist
  • Advising Discovery Life Sciences on the acquisition of TARGOS Molecular Pathology GmbH
  • Advising Grupa Azoty S.A. on the acquisition of COMPO EXPERT
  • Advising Turn/River Capital on the acquisition of Redwood Software
  • Advising capiton Germany's first GP-led Single-Asset Secondary Transaction (transfer of KD Pharma Group)
  • Advising CMP on the acquisition of the business of GETI WILBA GmbH & KG from the insolvency administrator
  • Advising Hexagon Composites ASA on acquiring xperion Energy & Environment GmbH of Avanco GmbH
  • Advising capiton on acquiring Gemaco Group
  • Advising Medort Group on acquiring Richter R.M.S. GmbH
  • Advising investment funds that are managed by CGS Management haller lanz & co on selling shares in mdexx Holding GmbH to a company that is managed by Quantum Capital Partners AG
  • Advising capiton and SüdBG on selling stv group
  • Advising Ludwig Beck AG on acquiring Wormland group
  • Advising shareholders of Absolventa GmbH on selling Absolventa GmbH to Funke media group
  • Advising the shareholders of Sociomantic GmbH on the sale to dunnhumby Ltd, a Tesco plc group company
  • Advising Denish investors Topdanmark Livsforsikring and PKA on selling a real estate portfolio to Immeo AG (volume: EUR 240 million). The portfolio consists of about 3400 residential and commercial units in Berlin and Dresden with in total more than 200,000 square metres.
  • Advising RT/Raiffeisen Touristik Group GmbH on their teNeues Digital Media GmbH investment and the subsequent increase of the shareholding
  • Advising RT/Raiffeisen Touristik Group GmbH on acquiring Windrose Finest Travel GmbH
  • Advising VR meine Raiffeisenbank eG on selling a majority stake in RT/Raiffeisen Touristik Group GmbH to Samih Sawiris
  • Advising capiton, a Berlin-based financial investor, on acquiring the Kautex group and KD Pharma Bexbach GmbH
  • Advising funds that are advised by the Berlin-based turnaround experts CMP Capital Management Partners on acquiring the UKM group and Pressmetall Gunzenhausen GmbH
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Publications

  • Zum richtigen Erklärungsempfänger der Amtsniederlegung eines Geschäftsführers bei einem Gesellschafterwechsel, NZG 2015, p 743 (Co-Author Patrick Lühr)
  • Zur Wirkung unwirksamer Befristungsvereinbarungen, NJOZ 2014, p. 1721 (Co-Author Dr Thomas Kühn)
  • "Befristete Arbeitsverträge – nähern sich deutsches und polnisches Recht einander an?", DPJZ 2/2014 p. 4 ff
  • Beurkundungsbedürftigkeit der Verknüpfungsabrede beim Geschäftsanteilskaufvertrag?, NZG 2012, p. 1406 (Co-Author Dr Gerd Leutner)
  • Prüfung der Anteilskette nach dem MoMiG, BetriebsBerater 2012, p. 337 ff
  • Zwischen Selbstkontrahieren und Mehrfachvertretung - Zur Abgrenzung und kumulativen Anwendung der beiden Alternativen des Insichgeschäfts gem. § 181 BGB, GmbHR 2011, p. 1129 ff
  • Beurkundung in der Schweiz - Kostenersparnis ohne Risiko?, www.unternehmensjurist.net, 2011
  • Haftung von Anlegern als Gesellschafter einer GbR, BetriebsBerater 2011, p. 2507 ff, Co-Author: Dr Kati Beckmann, LL.M. oec.
  • Handelsregistereintragung von "c/o"-Adressen, NZG 2011, p. 851 ff
  • Der Kapitalschnitt auf Null als Mittel zur Sanierung von Unternehmen – Gesellschaftsrechtliche, börsenzulassungsrechtliche und kapitalmarktrechtliche Konsequenzen, NZG 2009, p. 1210 ff, (with Dr. Gerald Reger)
  • Die neue Unternehmergesellschaft, NJW, Heft 10 2009
  • Die Pflicht zur Bildung einer gesetzlichen Rücklage bei der UG (haftungsbeschränkt) und die Folgen für die Wirksamkeit des Gesellschaftsvertrags einer UG (haftungsbeschränkt) & Co.KG, NZG 2009, p. 168 ff
  • Mehrheitsidentität in der Mitbestimmung nach § 4 Abs. 1 Satz Mitbestimmungsgesetz, Der Betrieb 2009, p. 439 ff
  • Verjährung des Anspruchs von Kapitalgesellschaften auf Erbringung der Gesellschaftereinlage, Betriebs-Berater 2008, p. 1077 ff
  • Zur Verjährung von vor der Schuldrechtsreform entstandenen Ansprüchen - Stichtagsprinzip oder Einheitslösung?, ZGS 2006, p. 130 ff
  • Haftung für Hyperlinks, Baden-Baden, 2006, Dissertation
  • Anmerkung zu KG, Urt. v. 10.02.2006 - 9 U 55/05, ZUM 2006, p. 405 ff
  • Warum die Reform der Telemedien um eine Haftungsprivilegierung für Hyperlinks ergänzt werden muss, MMR, Heft 9 2006
  • Nochmals: Dürfen Provider Spam filtern?, MMR, Heft 8 2004
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Lectures list

  • "Rechtliche Anforderungen an und Ausgestaltungen von Beteiligungsverträgen" beim 14. Gründergespräch EXIST – Forschungstransfer, veranstaltet vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, 17. und 18. November 2016 in Berlin
  • "Going International: Roll-Outs in Foreign Jurisdictions - The Legal Playbook; Ekspansja międzynarodowa: wejście na rynek w obcej jurysdykcji – Praktyczny przewodnik" Vortrag bei der deutsch-polnischen Startup-Konferenz Venture Across am 7. November 2014 in Frankfurt (Oder) an der Europa-Universität Viadrina
  • "Venture Capital: The Legal Workshop" Workshop bei der ersten deutsch-polnischen Startup-Konferenz am 29. November 2013 in Słubice (Polen), die von Studenten der Europa-Universität Viadrina (Frankfurt (Oder)) veranstaltet worden ist
  • "Venture Capital: Legal Essentials" Vortrag bei der ersten deutsch-polnischen Startup-Konferenz am 29. November 2013 in Słubice (Polen), die von Studenten der Europa-Universität Viadrina (Frankfurt (Oder)) veranstaltet worden ist
  • "Konsolidierung im Pflegemarkt - Transaktionen in Krise und Insolvenz", AltenheimEXPO 2013, 2 July 2013, InterContinental Hotel Berlin
  • "Risiken und Haftungsszenarien für GmbH-Geschäftsführer in Krisensituationen", Mandantenvortrag 2012
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Education

  • 2007: Second state examination in law in Berlin
  • 2005 - 2007: Trainee lawyer with the Court of Appeal in Berlin including a stint with the Office of the Federal President
  • 2003 - 2007: Research assistant for a German Parliament member in Berlin and for a European Parliament member in Berlin, Brussels and Straßbourg
  • PhD at Freie Universität Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. rer. pol. Dr. h.c. Franz Jürgen Säcker; topic: liability for hyperlinks; dissertation was publishd by Nomos Verlag in 2006
  • 2003: First state examination in law in Berlin
  • 1998 - 2003: Law studies at Freie Universität Berlin
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Expertise

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26/07/2023
CMS advises Sunlight on the acquisition of 100 percent of Triathlon Holding
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CMS advises Berlinovo on the acquisition of a medical center in Berlin...
Berlin – Berlinovo Immobilien Gesellschaft mbH has completed its acquisition of all the shares in Hauptstadt Ruschestraße 103 GmbH. Hauptstadt Ruschestraße 103 GmbH is the owner and operator of a...
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08/12/2022
Further expansion with mega-deal: CMS advises Sunlight on acquisition of...
Berlin – Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems (Sunlight Group), a technology company headquartered in Athens, Greece, specializing in integrated and innovative industrial and off-road energy storage...
Deals
14/09/2022
CMS advises Arcadis on acquisition of Giftge Consult
Berlin – Arcadis, a leading global design & consultancy organization for natural and built assets, has acquired all shares in Giftge Consult GmbH, a leading consulting and engineering company for energy...
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12/07/2022
CMS advises Greek technology company Sunlight Group on acquisition of 51%...
Berlin – Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems (Sunlight Group), a technology company specializing in integrated and innovative industrial and off-road energy storage solutions, acquires 51% of the...
News
29/06/2022
CMS advises Medicover on acquisition of MeinDentist in Germany
Berlin – Medicover, a leading international healthcare and diagnostic services company, has signed an agreement to acquire the business of MeinDentist. The acquisition is subject to customary merger...
News
10/03/2022
CMS advises RECARO on investment in Polish train seat company Growag
Berlin – The global seating company RECARO is expanding into the rail seating industry. The Suttgart-based company invested double digit million Euro in Growag, a leading company in train seating, based...
Deals
23/12/2021
CMS advises home24 on acquisition of homeware specialist BUTLERS
Berlin – Berlin-based home24 SE, a leading pure-play home & living e-commerce platform in continental Europe and Brazil, has acquired all the shares in Butlers, a retailer of homeware, decorations and...
Deals
30/07/2021
CMS advises capiton on investment of top-up single-asset fund in portfolio...
Berlin - Private equity firm capiton has closed a top-up single-asset fund for its fast-growing portfolio company KD Pharma Group (KD Pharma). This top-up fund will provide KD Pharma with the equity financing...
Deals
18/06/2021
CMS advises frozen food specialist GETI WILBA on acquisition of apetito...
Berlin – GETI WILBA Holding, a company specialising in frozen products, has acquired the business operations of apetito convenience AG & Co. KG. The buyer is a portfolio company of equity fund CMP German...
Deals
11/06/2021
Polish Desk
We are pleased to present a brochure dedicated to the CMS Polish Desk – a team of Polish-speaking lawyers focused on assisting clients when expanding into the German market. This presentation was created...
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20/05/2021
CMS advises Discovery Life Sciences on acquisition of Targos Molecular...
Berlin - US-based biospecimen and biomarker specialist Discovery Life Sciences has acquired Targos Molecular Pathology GmbH. The acquisition of one of the largest molecular pathology laboratories in Europe...
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